That Dominican Republic message was disturbing, but confirmatory of the fact that even "metric" countries aren't completely metric.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Be sure to read the most recent postings on the last two pages. Most > interesting, especially the usage of dual units in the Dominican Republic as > well as the comments from the residents of Canada and the UKI! > > Ezra > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Remek Kocz" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:06:29 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [USMA:46494] Wii Fit blunder. > > > We recently bought a Wii Fit, the fitness game for the Nintendo Wii. You > can plug in your measurements and follow a set of exercise programs. The > measurement system is of course based on your location. USA gets the > imperial system only, but, surprisingly enough, so does Canada. Below is a > link to a discussion forum about the Wii Fit. Quite a few angry people > about this. > > > http://techforums.nintendo.com/nins/board/message?board.id=gamehelp_wiifit&message.id=143&query.id=1302710#M143 > > Remek >
